(a) City and State Motor Vehicle Laws. No person shall fail to comply with all applicable provisions of the Traffic Code and of State traffic laws in regard to equipment and operation of vehicles, together with such regulations as are contained in this and other ordinances.
(b) Enforcement of Traffic Regulations. No person shall fail to obey all traffic officers and park employees, such persons being hereby authorized and instructed to direct traffic whenever and wherever needed in the parks and on the highways, streets or roads immediately adjacent thereto in accordance with the provisions of these regulations and such supplementary regulations as may be issued subsequently by the Director of Public Service.
(c) Obedience to Traffic Signs. No person shall fail to observe carefully all traffic signs indicating speed, direction, caution, stopping or parking, and all others posted for proper control and to safeguard life and property.
(d) Speed of Vehicles. No person shall ride or drive a vehicle at a rate of speed exceeding twenty miles per hour, except upon such roads as the Director may designate by posted signs for speedier travel.
(e) Operation Confined to Roads. No person shall drive any vehicle on any area except the paved park roads or parking areas or such other areas as may on occasion by specifically designated as temporary parking areas by the Director.
(f) Parking.
(1) Designated areas. No person shall park a vehicle in other than an established or designated parking area, and such use shall be in accordance with the posted directions thereat and with the instructions of any attendant who may be present.
(2) Full-parking. No person shall full-park on a road or driveway at any time. In order to enjoy some special natural scenic feature, vehicles may be parked with the two left wheels near the right edge of the paving for not more than thirty minutes. No stopping or parking is permitted, even briefly, on the left-hand side of any road or driveway.
(3) Immovable vehicles. No person shall leave any vehicle anywhere in the park with one or more wheels chained or with the transmission engaged and the doors locked, or in any other manner fixed or arranged so that such vehicle cannot readily be moved by hand.
(4) Night parking. No person shall leave a vehicle standing or parked at night without lights clearly visible for at least 200 feet from both front and rear on any driveway or road area except legally established parking areas.
(5) Emergency procedure. No person shall fail to immediately notify an attendant of an emergency in the nature of a breakdown requiring the assistance of a tow-truck or a mechanic or other person.
(6) Double parking. No person shall double park any vehicle on any road or parkway unless directed by a park official.
(7) Muffler required. No person shall fail to use a muffler adequate to deaden the sound of the engine in a motor vehicle.
(g) Bicycles.
(1) Confined to roads. No person shall ride a bicycle on other than a paved vehicular road or path designated for that purpose. A bicyclist shall be permitted to wheel or push a bicycle by hand over any grassy area or wooded trail or on any paved area reserved for pedestrian use.
(2) Operation. No person shall ride a bicycle other than on the right-hand side of the road paving as close as conditions permit, and bicycles shall be kept in single file when two or more are operating as a group. Bicyclists shall at all times operate their machines with reasonable regard for the safety of others, signal all turns, pass to the right of any vehicle they are overtaking and pass to the right of any vehicles they may be meeting.
(3) Rider prohibited. No person shall ride any other person on a bicycle.
(4) Designated racks. No person shall leave a bicycle in a place other than a bicycle rack when such is provided and there is a space available.
(5) Immobile. No person shall leave a bicycle lying on the ground or paving, or set against trees, or in any place or position where other persons may trip or be injured by it.
(6) Night operation. No person shall ride a bicycle on any road between thirty minutes after sunset and thirty minutes before sunrise without an attached headlight plainly visible at least 200 feet in front of, and without a red taillight or red reflector plainly visible from at least 200 feet from the rear of, such bicycle.
(Ord. 217-58. Passed 7-21-58.)
(h) Commercial and Heavy Vehicles. All commercial and heavy vehicles, as such terms are used in the Traffic Code, are prohibited from using park roads or driveways for through traffic, except as follows:
(1) When carrying materials to building sites within such park.
(2) When used for transporting passengers attending park events or recreational programs.
(3) When the Director determines that no other public roadways are accessible or passable. In such cases, the Director is authorized to grant permission for the use of park driveways or roadways to the extent determined by such Director.